An embarrassment of riches : tapping into the world's greatest legacy of wealth / Alexander Green.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Green, Alexander, 1958-

Series:

Agora Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conduct of life.

Money--Moral and ethical aspects.

Money.

Wealth--Moral and ethical aspects.

Wealth.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"A bestselling financial expert outlines a new, holistic approach to wealth. "Are you living a rich life? Are you enjoying your work, or are you simply selling yourself to the highest bidder?" asks Alexander Green, author of such bestsellers as The Gone Fishin' Portfolio and Beyond Wealth. In An Embarrassment of Riches: Tapping Into the World's Greatest Legacy of Wealth, Green outlines a new, holistic approach to wealth that helps readers build a life as rich in purpose and meaning as in money. Alexander Green has enjoyed a successful career as both a professional money manager and a financial writer with a unique, spiritual approach to wealthy living that is expressed in his newest book, An Embarrassment of Riches. Emphasizing understanding, wisdom, and purpose as much as income and assets, Green walks readers on a path to accumulating wealth in the broadest sense of the term. Offers financial perspectives from a bestselling investment expert with a spiritual approach Emphasizes understanding, wisdom, and purpose as much as income and assets Helps readers make decisions based on personal as well as financial aspirations "You can't put a price on freedom, especially personal freedom," says Alexander Green. An Embarrassment of Riches: Tapping Into the World's Greatest Legacy of Wealth shows readers how to lead a life that is both materially and spiritually rich"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

An Embarrassment of Riches: Tapping Into the World's Greatest Legacy of Wealth; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part One: A Wealth of Gratitude; A Message from the Land of the Unwell; The Reason You Should Be Biased; What We Live to Discover; Like No Other Nation in the World; How to Put a Touch of Glory in Your Life; The Greatest Star of Them All; The Man Who Invented Christmas; Do You Know Where You Are?; The Mind-Boggling Universe, Part II; The Best That Has Been Thought and Said; A Titan for Freedom and Prosperity; The Great Key to Successful Living

What You Can Learn from "The Gadfly of Athens"The True Rulers of the Planet; Confessions of an Analog Man; How to Be Miserable in One Easy Lesson; For Music Lovers Only; Part Two: A Wealth of Wisdom; Where Can Wisdom Be Found?; Discovering a New Sense of the Sacred; The Cash Value of the American Mind; The Key to Civility ... and Greatness; How to Defeat Death; The Sage Who Spoke to Everyman; The Greatest Best Seller of All Time; The Pursuit of Moral Perfection; How Apple Got Its Zen; The Secret of "Big-Ass Salads"; Take a Vacation Inside Your Head; The Biggest Question of Them All

A Requiem for an AtheistThe Nation's Most Misunderstood Man; Why Grant's Final Victory Was His Greatest; The Other Freedom Document of 1776; The Right Man at the Right Time; The Most Powerful Thing You Can Do for Your Body; The "Howling Atheist" Who Governed the Country; Part Three: A Wealth of Understanding; Why You Love and Need the Rat Race; How to Live the "Good Life"; Nassim Nicholas Taleb ... and the Pursuit of Phronesis; The Gift a Man Gives Himself; A Billionaire's Best Advice; The Lost Art of Conversation; A Visit Everyone Should Make; The Man Who Made Dreams Come True

How to Talk Politics without Committing MurderThe True Secret of Success; How to Be a Big Loser; Three Words That Will Save Your Life; Are You Awake?; The One Factor That Changes Everything; The Lies We Tell Ourselves; How the First Americans Became Last; The Top Five Regrets of the Dying; A Short Lesson in Humility; Afterword; Further Reading; About the Author; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781118646557

111864655X

9781118646564

1118646568

OCLC:

863039112